The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 1991
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
10:49 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 853
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 289.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 6.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.77° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.88° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.